Primitive Shave: Obsidian vs Fire
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- Опубликовано: 16 авг 2023
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If you had to choose, which primitive method of shaving would you use?
Obsidian? Or fire?
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Have you tried filing off the hair
That was a very good sponsor transition.
@@roxydabomb8896 I've tried using a pumice stone to rub the facial hairs off by friction. It worked a little on body hair but not the face. It also removed a layer of skin and left my skin red and burning.
@@Stormageddon571 Glad you liked it!
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I would think you were crazy to even THINK of this...if I hadn't seen how long and painful the obsidian flake version was. After watching that, I'd consider burning off my beard, too--and I can't even grow one! But I knew you were too smart to actually go through with it, and when I realized it was a sponsored video for Manscaped, I started laughing, and couldn't wait to see how you pulled it off. Well done!
I was prepared to try the burn method but I believed I’d burn my skin too.
I bought a chunk of obsidian once at a flea market. Tried to "knap" it and got some serious cuts. Took what was left to a college teacher who was a specialist in knapping and he made a non-sharp arrowhead for me. Still have that 20 yrs later. That stuff is cool but if you don't know what you are doing, major ouchies.
Exactly right. Obsidian is downright deadly! I always get cut when I work with it.
@@ChadZuberAdventures Donny Dust said at one point to practice with bottle glass if you're unconfident about your obsidian knapping
As for the protective properties of the thick, long beard: I found out it helps a lot when you go to the mountains, and I mean serious alpinism not just a walk through some hills. The cold, the dry and thin air, the sun radiation reflected from the snow - it all damages your skin, especially face, as other parts are usually highly protected in such conditions. So it's ether you wear a mask or bandana (that soaks wet from your breathing and then the ice crust inevitably forms) which isn't very convenient, or... You just grow thick and bushy cave-man style beard. When me and my bro go in the mountains we don't shave for a month at least before start climbing.
English is my second foreign language, and I find it quite useful to practice a little from time to time. I already found some interesting opinions on beards and their useful properties here.
We love you Chad, never stop what you're doing!✌️
This is quite a good idea. Beard being present in colder northern climates makes sense, since those are pretty much the only places where you get UV coming from below - reflected from the snow. As for native Americans... Good old biological randomness?
Thanks for sharing your experience. Yes, I can understand how the cold snowy wind can be better endured by a man with a beard. I still don’t understand why the hands and feet don’t have lots of hair though.
@ChadZuberAdventures well, according to modern evolution theory(we don't have to believe it entirely, but still) the human species originate from Sub-Saharan Africa, which means humans just didn't actually need to have such hair. Naturally, people are not very adapted to live in a severe climate. If not for our ability to make fire and craft warm clothes, we couldn't survive there at all. Besides, having such hair would be highly inconvenient in terms of handcraft and precision work.
But what we have insted is a special mechanism that activities in especially hard conditions. When it's very cold, your body is trying to save the most important internal organs from hypothermia, so blood leaves our limbs to warm up the entrails. That's why the fingers and toes are the first thing to freeze 🥶
@Deus0tiosus yeah, it could possibly be that the whole "evolution" is just a series of random lucky mutations🙃
Apparement ont étaient plus poilus avant, c'est pour cela que quand on a froid, nos poils se dressent, c'est un ancien mécanisme du corp humain 😉
This mans advertising skills is on another level 🤣 well done chad
🤣 Thanks a lot. Did you buy two kits? 😂
Awesome 👌
Never stop the things you do in nature, it's extremely inspiring, unique, and helps to motivate me in my own adventures. Well wishes Chad.
Wearing a beard in hot climate zones presents unique challenges. In these regions, the warmth and humidity create an environment conducive for bacteria and fungi to thrive. If food particles or moisture linger in the beard, they can provide an ideal breeding ground for these microorganisms, potentially leading to infections. This might explain why many men in hot and arid regions, like the Middle East, often maintain well-groomed or shaved faces, giving rise to a rich barbering tradition.
I should move there and become a barber
Than you can work with fire for hair cutting without risk ^^@@ChadZuberAdventures
@@ChadZuberAdventures shaving customers with an obsidian flake?
Yay new video from Chad!
8:43 "This guy needs to have an epic battle with the liver king" aka Roid King😂😂
Haha, you saw that comment!
I believe that the beard protects the face from insect attacks and even the small scratches that some bushes can cause.
What about the rest of the body????
@@ChadZuberAdventures The rest of my body is covered too, lol. The protection comes from you feeling something crawling on and disturbing your hairs. Then you know there an intruder to get rid of.
@@ChadZuberAdventures
As gunner said, the fine hairs on your body mainly exist as a sensory organ to detect small insects so that you can remove them.
A lack of thick body hair reduced the impact of lice, fleas and other disease-carrying pests that were common in africa, and allowed us to become better swimmers.
There are reasons for everything, even if they aren't always obvious!
@@ChadZuberAdventuresI think that the rest of the body doesn't usually have hair because human beings have been wearing clothes for many centuries, but there is genetics, since several people from different countries have had children.
Beards do protect from fractures killing you. There have been studies on it and you can look it up. It doesn't cushion the blow at all, it evenly spreads the force across your face and prevents the fractures you'll get from being lethal, essentially.
@b0ne91
And woman dont need this kind of protection?
@@Zielfuehrend. In prehistoric times, men were doing the fighting and hunting while women were involved with less dangerous work. Generally speaking that is.
@@Zielfuehrend. I never said that's why it evolved (although it's very likely that's why it stuck). I said there's imperical research proving it saves lives.
Thanks for your comment
yes the slippage it just glides on like a ski on the snow, lol
I saw in the TV several years ago, that in some part of the world, people use a small long stick, that burns with flame. The guy sit in the barbers chair, and the barber where basically moving the stick with the flame quite quickly over the (short)hair. The hair got fire, and then with the other hand the barber put the flame out. The barber did basically round movements with the hand. One was igniting the hair with the flame, and the second hand instantly put the flame out by petting it. I think it is possible to remove hair with fire. But it must be a flame (and not a hot stick) and maybe a relative cold flame. So some special thin stick is definetly needed. And I would say, short hair is also mandatory, to avoid igniting all of the hairs and thus getting fire burns.
And that’s very different from the previous comment. Does it produce a clean smooth shave? Or just shorten the beard?
The beard is a very sensitive topic to big, strong, burly bearded men.
Loved the humorous video, the ad portion was quite fun to watch despite, well, being an ad.
Hahaha 😂 The ad was a fun idea but tough to shoot alone because it was actually very hot that day. My voice had changed from dehydration.
Man i loved the promo part! You are such a legend Chad, i just want you to never stop making videos!
One of the best advantages of long hair that I have noticed is, it protects ears and neck from mosquitoes and other flies.
another advantage is saving on a haircut for me it is $70 dollars....
Yes, it does help a little with that.
the sponsor bit was hilarious
Beards can be an evolution that involves the conquest of women as well, since some indigenous peoples in Brazil have practically no beards.
Beards make a nice "face jacket" in extreme cold and help cut the wind (insulative value is very limited) when the rest of you is covered up but face exposed.
They will get frosted up with the moisture from your exhaled breath though which can be problematic.
Pros and cons of having one and it simply comes down to personal preference.
Thanks for sharing
I feel too joyfull watching your videos,it's so relaxing I wait for you to post something,thankyou Chad
Thank you so much
Other than making tweezers and pulling your hair out, flint or obsidian are the only thing I can think of that would do any good for primitive shaveing.
I agree.
LOL - I like both my long hair and my beard as well. I did have a friend back in highschool that would use a lighter to "shave" - though he could hardly grow a beard, so it was more just getting rid of scraggly patches. A small clean flame is required, maybe you could use anaerobically fermented methane, perhaps stored in an inverted clay vessel with a water seal (primitive gasometer). Keep a pinhole sealed with mastic on top, poke it open with a cactus needle and light with a brand when needed!
Now that would be an interesting project to make.
Most likely humans kept losing their hair as an evolution trait.
I’m so glad I found this channel. You got my absolute respect. Also, great ad placement by the way, it actually made me chuckle.
I wanted to make it entertaining. Thank you.
I think it's very interesting that our ancestors as well as our close relatives were and are really hairy, yet we lost almost all of the fur. I skimmed through a few articles to get a general idea of it, and while some say that it was due to the climate differences (when people moved to warmer climates they lost the fur because it was just easier to travel long distances without it), some others also suggest it might be due to hygienic reasons (you sweat a lot more with fur, more space for bacteria to grow, lice and other insect live inside of hair/fur).
I personally can only speculate, but - if the hair was similar to the body hair we have now - perhaps it was on one hand too warm and unhygienic for warmer climates, on the other not warm and protective enough for cold climates, which made humankind prefer clothing over it?
Also, I can fully understand why you wouldn't wanna have a beard, especially while being in a desert. However, if I had to decide on what to use on my face: either the obsidian blade or the torch.... I'd probably ask Manscaped if they could deliver a beard razor over to my hut ;) (if I had a hut in the wild.... I'd love to have to have one!)
No, but seriously, the obsidian is definitely the better option, even though the facial skin is extremely sensitive and I really don't wanna know how painful that is.... the fire stick.... I honestly wonder if the people that suggested it ever burnt themselves even the slightest? Fire was used a lot after it was discovered, it's extremely useful after all (and extremely dangerous), but that doesn't mean that the primitive way was always fire!
Good points there. A few people wrote in the comments that they either use a small flame to trim their beards or a hot stick or ember. So maybe it can be done with just the right level of heat. I don’t know. And I don’t I will experiment with that any time soon.
Thank you, Chad!!! Be well in your adventures.
Hi Chad lol I'm soooo glad you didn't do this and I'll bet your wife is too😂 anyway, I showed this too my brother Josiah since he has a little experience with this, I'll let him comment. Great video 🥝😄 Hi. My sister showed me this and asked me to comment as I've had both a beard and long hair living off grid. A blade is definitely the way to go, using fire or an ember near your face is just asking for trouble. Obsidian produces some of the sharpest blades you can get, period. Obsidian is used in some surgical scalpels for this reason. Hot water, a saponin rich plant like yucca, and a sharp obsidian flake is definitely far superior. As for the protective value of a beard, it's more of a menace than an aid, I always keep clean shaven off-grid. Like many things there's a lot of assumptions and old wives tales about this and many other bushcraft topics. Using fire near you face is simply STUPID. really enjoyed the video, thanks from southern New Zealand 👍🇳🇿
Well thank you for your expertise on this topic. Many won’t agree but I do. 👍
That manscaped segue was awesome i actually lol'd.....(that cushioninng for blows comment made me laugh, maybe it would hide some of the more vulnerable spots to hit, at most)
I know for some of the eastern woodland tribes body hair was see as unclean and would go to great lengths to remove it. Often plucking hair from their eyebrows and eyelashes with their fingers. They would use ashes to remove the oils from their hands so that that could get a better grip. Stone blades removed from a blade core would also be used to shave the scalp and body, before animal fat paints would be applied to protect the skins from the sun and insects.
It's so interesting to learn about all the traditions and customs of the ancient world.
You got me Mr.Chad! I was sitting at the computer squealing don't do it when you held up the burning stick and then it cut to the sponsored part lol. What a tension breaker.
it's just leftover from when we were covered in hair and it was more useful. if you were covered from head to foot, it'd definitely be good protection from the sun, insects, thermoregulate, etc. it still serves this purpose, we just don't have it left in the places it'd be most useful.
Sometimes I wish it would grow on my hands and feet in the winter 🤣
That ad break was one of the best I've ever seen
😂nice advertising on the trimmer. Don't use it down there😂😂
Hey Chad I just wanted to say it is probably the RUclips algorithm because I used to see all your uploads daily but now I don't see them being recommended and I am subbed and bell is on. Hope you keep doing your thing I love your content.
i have seen a lot of manscaped commercials. This one was solid!
lol this has been the best manscape ad I've ever seen.
I thought this up while sitting at a table on a patio in a small indigenous community at the bottom of a volcano in Mexico.
@@ChadZuberAdventures Popocatépetl?
No, actually it was at El Chichonal in Chiapas @@Templarium
Yeah man upload more of often plz we love your vids!❤
I try
With all that said...my only valid opinion on your hair & beard, Chad, is that it is YOUR hair & beard. YOU are the only person who gets to decide what to do with it.
Agreed!
Head full of cordage is indeed helpful 😂 I love it
thats why USE MANSCAPED, we sell the survival bundle"
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No! Please don't cut your gorgeous mane! Another reason is it is bioelectrical and will aid aid in meditation. It is like an antenna.
I like the way it looks but maintenance takes time. I haven’t washed it in over a month. Untangling every few days takes lots of time although I have been collecting lots of hairs to use for cordage.
It makes me remember some tribes using threading techniques to shave an european who tried their way of life for several days
I heard some tribal communites would use shells as tweezers to pluck. Not sure how practical that would be though with no mirror. Not to mention how time consuming.
Yeah I read that too. It only makes sense that another person would do it for them.
Here, I would like to tell you something. To put the fire to the mustache is not a good thing. You should use a shaving stone as before. It's a lot safer. Don't be afraid that you will be burned. With guarantees that it is much safer even if there is a slight cut, I guarantee that it will be better than using stones instead of using fire.
Oh really? Frying my face is better than an obsidian? I really don't think so. Hair, body hair burns off a lot easier than a beard. The hairs are thicker. You can trim a long beard with fire but you won't get a close cut with fire unless you scorch your face too. I was feeling the heat and it didn't even remove any of the facial hair. I was disappointed because I actually expected it to work.
@@ChadZuberAdventures Even as I said, taking a tentacles is not a good thing. Maybe it can become a blister.
I might have gone with some sort of oil lamp/candle rather than a firey hot stick. But even then I'm not sure I want to set my face hair on fire while haveing so little control and not being able to see what's happening. It's fine doing it on the arm where I can see exactly what's happening, and the hair isn't to thick, but the face seems risky. I'd probably stick with the obsidian as well, or just accept the beard.
I agree. Perhaps it could be done better by another person.
Yay, you’ve got a sponsor 🎉😊
😮 I was like, Chad, don’t do it! And then of course the ad.😅
🤣😂 That was unexpected, huh?
I feel like some people just liked beards, some didn't. A few thousand years later and certain regions grow beards and other dont.
Man idk why i didnt see all you new videos but im watching them now. I do like to benge you series at once so maybe that is why.
Obsidian sharpened to an edge was used as you already know, but so were shells, to pull each piece individually. Both would have been painful and the work of many hours.
Beards, if long, are actually bad for combat: they give your opponent something to grab. Same with long hair.
That is totally true!
Not trying to say you must try this, but people may have been suggesting to use flashes of fire in order to singe the hair. Like when gasoline is ignited or when a BBQ lights after the gas has been running for a while. I lost (shaved) arm hair that way before, albeit unintentionally
Counterpoint to the beard use comments: they look good.
A beard does look good on some men.
I didn't expect x2 Chad Zubers it was funny 🤣
My twin
Chad has a time machine ❤
Using fire to shorten the hair and beard is only possible when the hair and beard are long. Nice video. Greetings from Slovakia.😀🖖👍
Greetings to you too!
Thank you. 😀🖖👍
I miss seeing the hut and what you were doing there
5:14 😂
*outside 39 degrees*
- you need to make a fire
The point being that a fire was totally undesirable. When it’s hot like that the last thing I want is a fire. But I needed to make a video. 🤣
i remember the reason for us losing body hair was because of lice from a long time ago some biology lesson. Not sure if that still is a thing believed in biology.
also the fire method would work if you get something that can shield your face while pinching the hair.
A few people in the comments say that they have used fire and it can work when done right.
I've heard some ancient people would have using seashells as a form of twezzers, might be worth trying that next time?
Yes that’s a way but very slow and works best if someone else does it for you.
He'd be too powerful if he fully embraced the beard.
Be one with the beard. It'll grow on you.
Don't cut the hair! Keep the benefits it provides, it looks cool too
Thanks for warning Chad. At first I thought that you fired your facial hair four serious, but it turnet out that not and l'm glad. I regards you. Jakub Woźniak
😂 Thanks
You, son of a... I BOUGHT ONE AS A CHICK THIS WAS SO SNEAKILY MANLY.
Hahahahaha!
Olá Chad, te acompanho a algum tempo e assisti todos os vídeos da season 2023, mas a uns 3 vídeos atrás não recebi seus vídeos, encontrei por acaso, vou maratonar os que faltam, parabéns pelo conteúdo, abraços do Brasil!
Obrigado amigo! RUclips não compartilha meus videos. Que chato eles!
Awesome job on the new vid Tarzan and honestly I don't think I'd do that with my beard I'll use clippers before using fire haha
Good choice!
@@ChadZuberAdventures yeah I'm not trying to burn myself lol
I love these fire videos please make more
The logic behind the scent thing might be seen with how hound dogs have many skin folds and long ears which helps them trap the scent and get more accurate positions or readings of the scent. I think for humans this is utter bs though, we have nowhere near the capacities to smell like a hound dog. That MAY be something along this persons thought process though
Yeah I can see where he was going with that thought
Hahaha😂😂😂 loved this video chad🧔💥👍
You are right bro
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I have a question: how do you deal with ticks and their diseases when living out in the wild in a primitive lifestyle?
I would appreciate your advice
One time I slept in a field and I had at least 20 ticks crawling on me during the night. Over the following three days I was removing them from all over my body. Some places have a lot of ticks. I don't know if I ever had a disease from a tick though. I've had a lot of health issues in my life. I always pushed on through them and I think a healthy diet helps tremendously to overcome health problems. Immersion in nature also heals. I think that when you live very close to nature your immune system becomes very strong and you can tolerate many diseases better than a person living the modern way.
Man you’re nuts lol
You are great! Big fan here!!!
Wow, thanks!
CHAD THE LIVING GOAT!!!!!!🔥🔥🔥🔥
Hello Chad Zuber, i am from Romania, good luck out there
it was very unexpected and interesting
In regards of beard function, here is my two cents. I used to suffer from herpes on my lips and face. It was painful and uncomfortable, herpes came usually when I touched my face with dirty hands during camping or hiking, together with sun and wind that dried my lips. Now, since I have pretty thick and long beard with mustache, I don't have herpes too often. For me personally it's a natural barrier that protects my skin and lips. I'm not saying this is its main purpose but it works great for me this way (also, human genitalia is also covered with hair naturally and I can imagine it's for the same reason - protection of sensitive skin).
I can't believe people actually suggested burning it off?????
A lot of people did
Very cool video 👍👍👍
Greetings hero.
3:54 ultra uniclaimactic 😅😅
Exactly what you say, longer hair has more to offer than a long beard. 😮😂😅
Thanks for your vote!
@@ChadZuberAdventures I sported both, longer hair and a beard, both need to be taken care of, I would rather disregard the beard, there is no reason to have one. You are welcome my friend. Love your vids. ❤️🙏
I'm glad you didn't burn your face trying something new lol the location you were at there was beautiful btw. Different from your hut? Or at least in a separate section of where your hut is? Was this location just for this video or will you be shooting another video here? Just curious..thanks!
The location is cool but it was just for this video. I originally was going to shoot it on a volcano in Mexico last month but incessant rains prevented that from happening.
@@ChadZuberAdventures oh that would've been amazing. Too bad you didn't get the chance. Hopefully in the future you can do that! Sounds awesome
I think it's fine to say "yeah, but what about X?"
But at the same time, having an example to the contrary of a theory doesn't necessarily make it wrong.
You probably don't want to be the type of person that goes "Oh yeah? Well if humans evolved from monkeys, then why are there still monkeys?"
We may not have hair on most of our faces simply because they get in the way of expression, and expression is critical for such an extremely social species as humans.
Likewise, beards may not provide "defense" in the form of cushioning, but they do provide it in the form of slip.
The hairs help to prevent a punch from grabbing the skin and landing quite so solidly.
Just curious, who were you fighting to have cracked a rib? I hope it was just a sparring match, lol.
Just a sparring match. Dude jumped on me and landed his shin on my ribs.
😂💗i love this video
the way you want to do it is with a good flame on a stick. you move it fast touching the skin for a split second. fat wood works great. if you can put water on your beard or hair it will help with evaporative cooling.
Feel free to make a video demonstrating how to do it 😂
@@blank5210 there are actually a lot of videos on this site already showing how its done, precisely how i described it. but thanks.
For those people who suggested fire on stick, i wonder where their parents did a mistake raising a stupid human being
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@@ChadZuberAdventures hey chad sending love and support from Philippines 🇵🇭❤
i had the fire treatment with a barber, but he cut my hair so short i looked like i belonged in the army. anyway i wore my hoodie for 2 months after for a reason
Fire shave is an art. It takes some time to get it correct. When you do it is way better. The key is to have a smolder not a flame and range. Ask me how I know. I gave up on blades years ago. Also it does not grow back as fast. The point is not to reach the skin as well. It is to shorten and shape it. You Hover over the hair not to touch it.
Yeah I can see that working to shorten a beard.
Does the beard trimmer have a USB-C charging port?
Yes, super easy to charge.
Thanks.
You are Genius
we have lost the hair on our hands because scientifically we needed a more tactile touch, more sensative fingertips to feel, to gauge things. But we still have our fingernails to protect our fingers somewhat from damage. if you cut your hair, don't forget to donate it to a foundation that makes wigs for children fighting cancer.
But the top of the hands? That's what I'm referring to.
@@ChadZuberAdventures There are some Italian women....
Body hair reduced due to ancient sheltering. Before shelters, fur was necessary.
Un video muy entretenido:))
По поводу бритья огнём. Этим способом невозможно побриться хорошо, но если намочить кожу, и использовать огонь (не угли), то часть волос можно удалить
try to make a video about survival medicine, natural medicine.
Haha, Chad, I wonder how often your modern alter ego is present and laughs during your primitive trials....Anyway, my turkish barber still uses a thin burning stick (dipped in alcohol) for thin hairs in the ears. For thick hairs and a beard....good luck ;o)
Actually it’s the other way around - my primal side laughs at everything modern I do… Thanks for sharing about your barber’s ear hair technique.
Woooow que reto te pusieron hacer mas bien con solo el calor de la braza se irrta la piel la quema pero prueva superada 😁😁 y la maquina de afeitarse ve super bueno como para mi esposo que le crece mucho la barba 😁👌 buen video📹
🌎🌴 Pura Vida
Не повторяйте то, что делает автор на данном видео, это может быть опасно! На самом деле, тут можно получить много ожогов на лице, и лучше придумать какую-нибудь типа бритвы, чтобы легче было брить бороду.
My beard never grows (just small chunks), and I am 34 right now. Just not the type of face I guess. I have sparse hair on the head also, but it is long - about your size. And I don't want to cut it, it gave me some personality and I liked it. It does cost more to have it though :D Shampoos, masks...
Use yucca leaves to shampoo. It’s free!